Richard E. Faw, P.E., Ph.D.                                                      Return to Home

 

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1962

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1959

Employment

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, since 2000

Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University Medical School, since 2000

Nuclear Engineer, Black & Veatch Corp., 1998-2000

Professor of Mechanical, Nuclear, and Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, 1997-2000

Other Academic Appointments

Director, Kansas State University Nuclear Reactor Facility, 1976-1996

Director, Kansas State University Radiation Shielding Facility, 1968-1980

Professor and Head, Kansas State University Nuclear Engineering Department, 1972-77

Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1968-1997

Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1966-68

Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1962-66

Other Professional Appointments

Joint Senior Review Group, US-Japan Joint Reassessment of Atomic Bomb Dosimetry – DS02, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan, 2002-2003.

Instructor, Health Physics Society Summer School, Seattle, 1996.

Visiting Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1990.

Research Associate, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Culham Laboratory 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983.

Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, 1975

Military Service, U.S. Army Combat Developments Command, 1963-64.

Research Fellow, AEC Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1960-62.

Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, 1959-60

Chemical Engineer, The Procter and Gamble Company, 1955-58

Professional Licenses and Registrations

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Kansas (License No. 6114)

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Ohio (Cert. No. E-034427)

Licensed Senior Reactor Operator, Kansas State University Nuclear Reactor (SOP 2212, inactive)

Books

Shultis, J.K and R.E. Faw,  Fundamentals of Nuclear Science & Engineering, Marcel Dekker, NY (2002).

Shultis, J.K and R.E. Faw,  Radiation Shielding, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois (2000).

Faw, R.E. and J.K. Shultis,  Radiological Assessment, American Nuclear Society,  La Grange Park, Illinois (1999).

Shultis, J.K and R.E. Faw,  Radiation Shielding, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1995).

Faw, R.E. and J.K. Shultis,  Radiological Assessment, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1992).

Chilton, A.B., J.K. Shultis, and R.E. Faw,  Principles of Radiation Shielding, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1984).

Recent Publications

Shultis, J.K., and R.E. Faw, “Radiation Shielding Technology,”An invited review on the history of radiation shielding for the 50th anniversary of the Health Physics Society, Health Physics 88(4):297-322 (2005).

Faw, R.E., and J.K. Shultis, "Radiation Sources," Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Academic Press, 2001.

Faw, R.E., J.D. Olson, and M.K. Reed, "Beta-Particle Doses to Electrical Cables in Reactor Post-Accident Atmospheres," American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Meeting, September, 2000.

Faw, R.E., and K.L. Swinth, "Fluence-to-Dose Coefficient Angular Dependence Factors for Rod and Pillar Phantoms Irradiated by Broad Beams of Beta Particles," Radiation Protection Dosimetry 78, 213-220 (1998).

Faw, R.E., and K.L. Swinth, "Electron and Beta-Particle Fluence-to-Dose Conversion Factors for Pillar and Rod Phantoms," American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Meeting, April, 1998.

Faw, R.E., S.L. Shue, and J.K. Shultis, "Soil Assay Using Prompt Gamma-Ray Neutron Activation Analysis," American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Meeting, April, 1998.

Shultis, J.K., F.A. Khan, B. Letellier, and R.E. Faw, "Comparison of Four Methods for Inferring Soil Contaminant Profiles from Neutron-Capture Gamma-Ray Analysis," American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Meeting, April, 1998.

Shue, S.L, R.E. Faw, and J.K. Shultis, "Thermal Neutron Intensities in Soils Irradiated by Fast Neutrons from Point Sources,"  Chemical Geology 144, 47-61 (1998).

Shultis, J.K., F.A. Khan, B. Letellier, and R.E. Faw, "Determining Soil Contamination Profiles from Intensities of Capture-Gamma Rays Using Above-Surface Neutron Sources,"  Applied Radiation and Isotopes 50:2, 415-433 (1999).

Faw, R.E., and K.L. Swinth, "Fluence-to-Dose Coefficient Angular Dependence Factors for Rod and Pillar Phantoms Irradiated by Broad Electron Beams,"  Radiation Protection Dosimetry 72, 5-10 (1997).

Gui, A.A., J.K. Shultis, and R.E. Faw, "Neutron Skyshine Calculations with the Line-Beam Method,"  Nuclear Science and Engineering 127, 230-237 (1997).

Brockhoff, R.C., J.K. Shultis, and R.E. Faw, "Data for the Chilton-Huddleston Photon-Albedo Approximations,"  Nuclear Science and Engineering 126, 119-126 (1997).

Gui, A.A., J.K. Shultis, and R.E. Faw, "Response Functions for Neutron Skyshine Analysis,"  Nuclear Science and Engineering 125, 111-127 (1996).

Ryman, J.C., K.F. Eckerman, J.K. Shultis, R.E. Faw, and L.T. Dillman, "Application of Discrete Ordinates and Monte Carlo Methods to Transport of Photons from Environmental Sources,"  1996 ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Meeting, No. Falmouth, Massachusetts, April 21-26, 1996, pp. 337-344.

Stedry, M.H., J.K. Shultis, and R.E. Faw, "Effect of an Overhead Shield on Gammma-Ray Skyshine,"  Nuclear Science and Engineering 123, 289-294 (1996).

Brockhoff, R.C., J.K. Shultis, and R.E. Faw, "Skyshine Line-Beam Response Functions for 20-100 MeV Photons,"  Nuclear Science and Engineering 123, 282-288 (1996).

Wang, X. and R.E. Faw, "Transmission of Neutrons and Secondary Gamma Rays Through Concrete Slabs,"  Radiation Protection Dosimetry 60, 213-222 (1995).

Chen, M.F. and R.E. Faw, "Buildup Factors for Gamma Rays Obliquely Incident on Slab Shields of Concrete, Iron, and Lead,"   Radiation Protection Dosimetry 51(1): 27-33 (1993).

Chen, M.F. and R.E. Faw, "Buildup Factors for High Energy Gamma Rays Normally Incident on Slabs of Lead, Iron, Concrete, and Water,"  Radiation Protection Dosimetry 50(1): 31-37 (1993).

Faw, R.E.  and J.K. Shultis, "Absorbed-Dose Buildup Factors in Air for 10 to 100-MeV Photons,"  Nuclear Science and Engineering 114, 76-80 (1993).

Faw, R.E., "Absorbed Dose to Skin from Surface Radionuclide Sources,"  Health Physics 63, 443-448 (1992).

Faw, R.E. and J.K. Shultis, "Dosimetry Calculations for Concentric Cylindrical Source and Target Regions with Application to Blood Vessels,"  Health Physics 62, 344-350 (1992).

Faw, R.E. and J.K. Shultis, Point-Pair Distributions for Internal Dosimetry Calculations, Presented at the Fifth International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1991; Report CONF-910529, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1992).

Faw, R.E., K.F. Eckerman and J.C. Ryman, X-Ray and Radioiodine, Dose to Thyroid Follicular Cells, Presented at the Fifth International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1991; Report CONF-910529, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1992).

Shultis, J.K., R.E. Faw, and M.S. Bassett, "The Integral Line-Beam Method for Gamma Skyshine Analysis,"  Nuclear Science and Engineering 107, 228-245 (1991).

 

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